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Welcome to Lacey Creek ...

Lacey Creek is located in Wolfe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lacey Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for Lacey Creek: Lacey Crk. (or less commonly used: Lacey Ck. or Lacey Cr.)

Time Zone: Lacey Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lacey Creek: 606

Adding Lacey Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lacey Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lacey Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Lacey Creek post office opened in 1889.

We also found Lacey Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lacey Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Wolfe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/